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openSUSE Leap 15.0: 2019:0098-1 Important: Systemd Fixes

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Calendar Grey January 29, 2019
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
This release targets critical vulnerabilities in systemd, such as data exposure and resource mismanagement, improving overall system integrity.
An update that solves four vulnerabilities and has 7 fixes is now available.

Description

This update for systemd provides the following fixes:

Security issues fixed:

- CVE-2018-16864, CVE-2018-16865: Fixed two memory corruptions through

attacker-controlled alloca()s (bsc#1120323)

- CVE-2018-16866: Fixed an information leak in journald (bsc#1120323)

- CVE-2018-6954: Fix mishandling of symlinks present in non-terminal path

components (bsc#1080919)

- Fixed an issue during system startup in relation to encrypted swap disks

(bsc#1119971)

Non-security issues fixed:

- pam_systemd: Fix 'Cannot create session: Already running in a session'

(bsc#1111498)

- systemd-vconsole-setup: vconsole setup fails, fonts will not be copied

to tty (bsc#1114933)

- systemd-tmpfiles-setup: symlinked /tmp to /var/tmp breaking multiple

units (bsc#1045723)

- Fixed installation issue with /etc/machine-id during update (bsc#1117063)

- btrfs: qgroups are assigned to parent qgroups after reboot (bsc#1093753)

- logind: Stop managing...

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Topics Covered

security advisory update important attack vectors systemd openSUSE Leap

Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods

like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 15.0:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2019-98=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.0 (i586 x86_64):

libsystemd0-234-lp150.20.12.1

libsystemd0-debuginfo-234-lp150.20.12.1

libsystemd0-mini-234-lp150.20.12.1

libsystemd0-mini-debuginfo-234-lp150.20.12.1

libudev-devel-234-lp150.20.12.1

libudev-mini-devel-234-lp150.20.12.1

libudev-mini1-234-lp150.20.12.1

libudev-mini1-debuginfo-234-lp150.20.12.1

libudev1-234-lp150.20.12.1

libudev1-debuginfo-234-lp150.20.12.1

nss-myhostname-234-lp150.20.12.1

nss-myhostname-debuginfo-234-lp150.20.12.1

nss-mymachines-234-lp150.20.12.1

nss-mymachines-debuginfo-234-lp150.20.12.1

nss-systemd-234-lp150.20.12.1

nss-systemd-debuginfo-234-lp150.20.12.1

systemd-234-lp150.20.12.1

systemd-container-234-lp150.20.12.1

systemd-container-debuginfo-234-lp150.20.12.1

systemd-coredump-234-lp150.20.12.1

systemd-coredump-debuginfo-234-lp150.20.12.1

systemd-debuginfo-234-lp150.20.12.1

systemd-debugsource-234-lp150.20.12.1

systemd-devel-234-lp150.20.12.1

systemd-logger-234-lp150.20.12.1

systemd-mini-234-lp150.20.12.1

systemd-mini-container-mini-234-lp150.20.12.1

systemd-m...

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References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16864.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16865.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16866.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6954.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1005023

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1045723

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1076696

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1080919

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1093753

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1101591

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1111498

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1114933

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1117063

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1119971

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1120323

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2019:0098-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.0 le.

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